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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE
Volume 140, Issue -, Pages 35-88Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2019.05.001
Keywords
Composite materials; Effective properties; Maxwell's methodology
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- NIH Clinical Center grant [2R25GM061222-18]
- Theodore W. Bennett Chair, University of Minnesota
- Science and Technology Center in Ukraine [6247]
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This paper presents a comprehensive review of the far-field-based methodology of estimation of the effective properties of multi-phase composites that was pioneered by Maxwell in 1873 in the context of effective electrical conductivity of a particle-reinforced material. Maxwell suggested that a cluster of particles embedded in an infinite medium subjected to a uniform electrical field has the same far-field asymptotic as an equivalent sphere whose conductivity is equal to the effective one; this yields closed-form formula for the effective conductivity. Our review focuses on subsequent developments of Maxwell's idea in various applications and on its range of applicability. The conclusion is that, 145 years later, the methodology is still alive and well. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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